Family Devotional: “Why Does God Listen to Us?”
And who is God? If we’re Christians, God is our Father! It’s not about earning anything from him!
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Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Mar 26, 2020
10 Prayers Your Adult Children Need You to Pray
Our role as parent never ends. The job description changes, but the job is never done. As grown adults, they are out of my hands.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Mar 17, 2020
What Our Adult Children Still Need From Us
Perhaps your children may not be able to lean on you for physical help, but they still need you emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Mar 11, 2020
How to Pray for Your Adult Children: Six Verses to Use
We want our children – no matter what their age – to remember that the Lord has told us what is good and what He requires of us.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Mar 4, 2020
The Most Important Thing My Mom Did
For all the good things my mom did for me, I believe that the most important was simply living as Christians before me.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Feb 29, 2020
The Seeds of Divorce
I recently spoke with a group of young adults, men and women in their late teens and early twenties, and we spoke about singleness, & dating
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jan 22, 2020
New Year, New Creation
So in my life as a Christian, I have often felt guilty. Like I’m a big disappointment. And God is waiting to punish me.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jan 2, 2020
Final Thoughts on 2019
To paraphrase John Newton: "We needed everything that God sent us in 2019; we didn't need anything that he withheld."
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Sep 3, 2019
On Whom or What Do I Depend?
This is important to realize: we do not have the capacity to receive God or all that he offers us ALL AT ONCE.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jul 16, 2019
What does God want to make possible? Meditation on Matthew 14:28-30
I'm preaching to myself. When confronted with a problem, I usually ask, "What is possible given this set of circumstances?"
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jun 21, 2019
No man can prevent God from blessing you: Meditation on Genesis 25:23
One of the most harmful sins I commit is comparing myself with others and believing that I'm not getting what I need from them.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jun 18, 2019
Suffering is a part of the plan: Meditation on Genesis 25:22
Genesis 25:22: "The children struggled together within her, and she said, 'If it is thus, why is this happening to me?' So she went to...
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jun 11, 2019
God wants me more than he wants anything I can do for him: Meditation on Genesis 22:1
If God can't have our hearts—our wholehearted devotion, our love—God doesn't want anything else!
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jun 4, 2019
God has a purpose for my life, and he means to fulfill it: Meditation on Psalm 57:2
And so it is with us who are in Christ. O God, let me live every day with purpose. I am not here by accident.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- May 24, 2019
"Behold, I have two daughters": A meditation of Genesis 19:8
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Apr 29, 2019
An Inconvenient Truth
Exodus gives eleven chapters to this description. Bottom line: following and worshipping the Lord may be difficult, but he is worthy.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Apr 10, 2019
"To your offspring I give this land”: Meditation on Genesis 15:18
Needless to say, God's word isn't like mine: when God says, "I will do," he always means, "I have done."
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Apr 4, 2019
How to Deal with Discouragement and Disappointment
One final tip. The best way to chase out a negative feeling is with another feeling.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Mar 26, 2019
18 Prayers to Pray for Unbelievers
A friend asked the question: How do I pray for unbelievers? How do I pray effectively?
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Feb 23, 2019
No one hurts me more than I hurt myself
My point is, I have more than enough sin for which I can take responsibility.
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